NATIONS CALL - Our Place in The First World War
Lead Research Organisation:
Edinburgh Napier University
Department Name: Arts and Creative Industries
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Alistair McCleery (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | 80 short radio features were developed in collaboration with staff from BBC Scotland and two colleagues from Dundee University. These were broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in both a morning and evening news programme as well as a midday magazine. |
| Exploitation Route | Some of the materials are available through the BBC World War 1 At Home website and others through iPlayer. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy Education Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
| Description | Creation of Lesson Plans for Higher and National 5 English made freely available online as downloadable PDFs. Booklet for visitors to War Poets Collection, Edinburgh Napier University Short film for BBC with Andrew O'hagan on the Scottish War Poet Charles Hamilton Sorley, broadcast November 2014 |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Description | Lecture at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on comparative cultural impact of WW1 on UK and USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Plenary lecture to AGM of Alliance of Literary Societies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk on the First World war and Scotland to the AGM of the Alliance of Literary Societies, 'from Allingham to Zamyatin'. In the course of it, I also showed the short film on Hamilton Sorley that I made in 2014 with Andrew O'Hagan for the BBC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |